#BrumSciCommThe UK Space Agency invites applications for its exploration, education and outreach opportunity. This enables organisations to run schemes that support the education and outreach aims and objectives of the UK Space Agency’s exploration programme. It aims to build upon the agency’s investment in the ISS and SciSpace programmes for human spaceflight and microgravity research, […]
Grab yourself a fully funded place at the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) Science Journalism Summer School on Wednesday 5 July 2017 at The Wellcome Trust, London. To apply you must currently be in full time education within the UK. The closing date for entries is noon on Friday 23 June 2017. Find out […]
Science made simple turns 15 years old in July this year and we’re holding a film competition to encourage students and adults to make some science simple in 60 seconds or less. In case you haven’t come across it, I wanted to just flag it up as there is an adult ‘open’ category and we’d […]
The Marie Curie Alumni Association is launching a children’s book series about scientists, with the first in the series focussing on Marie Curie. From the IndieGoGo page description: “Children are constantly exposed to superhero role models who rely on supernatural powers, something to which kids cannot relate. By focusing on the scientist’s key personality trait—in […]
The Royal Society of Chemistry is offering large grants, £2,000 to £10,000, to support public and schools engagement events and activities. The grant scheme, which is open to both members and non-members, is designed to support schools engagement activities that aim to: enrich student’s chemistry education and not solely deliver the curriculum provide students with […]
The NERC public engagement call (‘Engaging Environments’) inviting proposals for consortium and capacity building projects costing between £50k and £100k has been announced: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/about/whatwedo/engage/public/pe-call/ This consortium and capacity building stage aims to build a long-term, effective and innovative public engagement community, and support the formation of collaborative teams who will then go on, in a second […]
You may be interested in this post, to work as a Public Engagement and Communications Officer for one of the MRC funded research Institutes at the University of Oxford. More details online here. The deadline for applications is midday 29 June. Please get in touch directly with any questions (emma.obrien@rdm.ox.ac.uk).
It’s the fourth annual London Sci-comm Summer Picnic – eats, tunes, sci-commers and Kubb in the sunshine. Details below – hope you can join us – all welcome! Sunday 9th July 2017 Bring your own food, drink, picnic blankets and games. Hyde Park – specifically 51.506438°N, -0.162520°E Picnic from 1-6pm, then to a nearby pub Hope to […]
This summer BrumSciComm will be bringing science to CoCoMad a community arts festival in Cotteridge Park. This is the 21st year of the festival, run by the Friends of Cotteridge Park and we are delighted to be involved this year! It is being held in Cotteridge Park on Saturday 1st July. We need you the fabulous people […]
Come and join BrumSciComm for our 3rd Birthday celebrations! We are hosting a fun, family friendly, science themed picnic at Cannon Hill Park. Partners, children, friends, pets are all welcome. Bring your favourite science demos to entertain the kids (and the adults!). Also bring your science themed bakes for the annual Great BrumSciComm Bake Off. […]
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